{"id":16407,"date":"2020-12-17T11:46:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=16407"},"modified":"2020-12-17T11:46:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:46:25","slug":"experience-the-magic-of-christmas-with-unforgettable-concert-from-the-tabernacle-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2020\/12\/experience-the-magic-of-christmas-with-unforgettable-concert-from-the-tabernacle-choir.html","title":{"rendered":"Experience the Magic of Christmas With Unforgettable Concert From the Tabernacle Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZANXm5ioqVg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThis Christmas, you can watch an extraordinary choir, a Broadway icon, and a television legend right in your living room.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s <em>Christmas with The Tabernacle<\/em> Choir concert, airing on December 17, will feature Tony Award-winning Broadway and opera star Kelli O\u2019Hara, and Emmy-winning television actor Richard Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>The concert will feature carols and ballads from various music traditions, including bluegrass, folk songs, Broadway classic, and African American spirituals. In addition, you get to see Thomas recite \u201cChristmas Day in the Morning\u201d by Pearl S. Buck, and \u201cStopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening\u201d by Robert Frost, along with the Christmas story from Luke 2.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Hara opened up about the opportunity to perform with <em>The Tabernacle Choir<\/em>, which she said was a dream come true. She grew up listening to the Choir\u2019s albums on her grandparents\u2019 record player, so this was the chance of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing could have prepared me for this experience, of hearing the voices of the Choir filling the space behind me, of everyone coming together to be part of something greater than ourselves and to celebrate oneness, love, and hope,\u201d O\u2019Hara said. \u201cIt reminded me of why I started singing in the first place. This is an extraordinary program for our extraordinary times, and I hope that it can serve as a balm for our weary hearts this holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas also opened up about his experience, <em>The Tabernacle Choir\u2019s<\/em> music was a part of all my childhood Christmases, so it\u2019s just thrilling to be a part of this concert and to plug all of my love of Christmas into the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever faith tradition you come from, beautiful music is beautiful music, and expressions of caring and humanity and of aspiration are all the same for us. This program is filled with those sentiments and can bring all kinds of people together, especially in these difficult times,\u201d Thomas added.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch <em>The Tabernacle Choir<\/em> with Kelli O\u2019Hara and Richard Thomas now through the BYUtv <a href=\"https:\/\/www.byutv.org\/apps\">app<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Christmas, you can watch an extraordinary choir, a Broadway icon, and a television legend right in your living room. This year\u2019s Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir concert, airing on December 17, will feature Tony Award-winning Broadway and opera star Kelli O\u2019Hara, and Emmy-winning television actor Richard Thomas. 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